>> it is very cold here. i am heather childers. we want to take you straight to the fox news alert. the gunman accused of shooting an officer ending moments ago. police washington state who is a violent well-known offender inside of a house firing at officers for several hours. police first responding to shots fired in a mount vernon neighborhood. >> a 30 year veteran father of three hit in the head. he is out of surgery. the 34-year-old suspect is now in custody to other suspects also arrested. >> police expected to hold another suspect.

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>> president obama now threatening retaliation against russia for what he says was election hacking. the white house is under fire as president elect trump demands to know what they knew and how they knew it. >> the back and forth between the white house and the trump team does not appear to be going away. earlier this week white house spokesman accused trump not only of knowing about the russian hacks but encouraging that interference. he doubled down on that position yesterday. >> he obviously knew malicious site was hurting president clinton's campaign. again. these are all facts that are not

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in dispute. >> mr. trump responded to those allegations himself. >> foolish guy josh earnest. i don't know if he is talking to president obama. you know. having the right press secretary is so important. he is so bad the way he delivers a message. he can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad. >> now mr. trump also questioned when exactly the obama administration learned about the packing and why they didn't do anything sooner to stop it. fox news learned the russian hacking began in the summer of 2015 and eventually involved in an effort to interfere with the election and was supported by the highest levels of the russian government. yesterday president obama royed the u.s. would respond to those hacking efforts. >> there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to

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impact the integrity of our elections we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. some of it may be explicit and publicized, some of it may not be. >> those statements are very similar to what vice president joe biden said back in october with a few weeks left in office. there's no indication when the u.s. responds. >> they played so nice for so long mr. trump and mr. obama. >> remember when he accused mr. trump of whining when he said there was hacking going on during the elections. >> julian assange makes it clear russia is not the inside source to the doshg nc. in the first interview he's talking about the hacking

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hysteria. >> let me be clear. russia did not give you the podesta documents or anything from the dnc. >> that's correct. >> can you confirm whether or not you have hacked information from the rnc? >> we received about three-pages of information to deal with the rnc and trump, but it was already public. >> when asked if president obama was traying to delegitimize mr. trump when asked if he helped him win assange said yes. >> how should the u.s. respond? log on to the fox & friends first facebook page live debate #keep talking. he made a stop in pennsylvania he turned a state red for the first time in decades. he called for de regulation,

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unity and patriotism. >> whether it is building cars, producing steel or curing disease, we want the next generation of invasinovation an production to happen right here, right here in america and right here in the great state of pennsylvania. they are all saying, you just don't want pennsylvania. from now on it is going to be america first. we salute one flag and that is the american flag. we will eliminate job killing regulations, cancelling executive orders. we will be cancelling a lot. >> now to extreme weather, bone chilling temperatures and white out conditions all of the way to new york. >> heavy snow stranding drivers

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across the midwest. at least three people killed this week by the fierce storms. >> the dapger clearly evident. watch the school bus. look at that. it is full of kids sliding out of control in an oregon neighborhood. >> oh, oh, look out, look out. >> most important thing, no one was injured. that's good nis. >> thank goodness for that. >> janice dean is here tracking the weather. >> it is freezing. today is the day to break out your ugly christmas sweater. because ladies it is national ugly christmas sweater day. keeping you warm rment break out your ugliness. i know we have a lot of cold weather still in canada but it has moved southward and spread

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across the east coast. 1 in chicago 5 in pittsburgh 8 in new york, 1 in boston. now we are going to see things warm up a little bit. behind that, more cold air to follow. it is not over just yet. then we also have some snow to talk about. we have our next winter storm that is moving into the west across the rockies. we are looking toward the northeast saturday and sunday. behind it another system mainly a rain maker, because it will be too warm. it looks like as we get into christmas, ladies, a little warmer than average for a lot of folks. it will be topsy turvy. today get your sweaters on. >> get your ugly sweaters on. >> i love the ugly sweaters. i don't think they are ugly.

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>> my favorite day of the year other than christmas. >> i thought what is she wearing. >> it mean makes noise. >> for when you are dancing. the dancing machine. >> love it, janice. >> brand new overnight 10,000 mistakingly opposed to ricin. it happened during terror response training at f.e.m.a. center for domestic preparedness in alabama. it happened in the past five years. they blame a mix-up with a stronger form of ricin. nobody has gotten sick. >> safe drinking water to thousands of families in corp. pus christie, texas. fears a spill contaminated the water supply has schools shut down and people waiting for hours to buy bottled water. a small portion of the city has been declared safe but the majority still on high alert at

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this hour. a lawsuit has already been filed and businesses are losing money. >> the two teams charged with starting the deadly tennessee wildfires could be facing life behind bars. they are topping $500 million. 14 people died hundreds more injured and thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed. dolly parton raising nearly $9 million for the victims through the smoky mountain ride telethon. >> two plane packed planes as birds strike the engine. that flight was filled with people and it landed and took off a short time later. a southwest plane had to turn around quickly after leaving midway airport when the same thing happened.

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they landed and left safely for vegas within hours. >> maybe we are noti ready for driverless cars. the uber caught running a red light on day one of the test drive. >> who got the ticket when no one is driving. >> getting ganged up on by celebrities to change their vote. >> our founding fathers built it to save us from a demagogue. >> the electors getting death threats. >> one holiday wus have will be missing from your dessert table this year. want longer lasting heartburn relief?

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>> harassment for electoral college voters backing president elect donald trump. a 22-year-old public elect tore in michigan revealing this chilling message that somebody threatened to put a bullet in the back of my mouth. the gop electors report being badgered ahead of monday's vote. even hollywood is in on the attack. >> you and other 36 conscientious republican electors can make a difference. >> vie boating your conscience. >> she received 50,000 e-mails telling her not to vote for mr. trump. >> there's a story so much for happy days. this lovable image of ychachi lost on her hollywood neighbor. >> i am delivering a kiss a gram

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for joey cunningham. >> bao now filing a police report against nancy mac wife of red hot chili peppers. he claims she grabbed him at the elementary school right in front of her children and pushed him. apparently for his support of president trump. he's a supporter and even spoke at the rnc. >> huma abedin, she says she ignored her he is -- nor her estranged husband anthony weiner received information that they were going to take the computer. many criticized how the fbi handled that investigation which was made public 11 days before the election. despite her embarrassing election loss most american voters don't want president obama to pardon hillary clinton.

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a brand new fox news poll showing 68 percent are against a pardon while 23 percent are for it. the fbi shocked voters in july by not recommending criminal charges for her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> to a fox business alert 1 million stolen yahoo accounts are being stolen. >> here with a warning with what we need this morning. >> eastern purp european hacker the dark web as it is known began to offer the entire treasure trove of a billion yahoo users the information such as names, birthdays, phone numbers. they were offering them for sale. these accounts were hacked two years ago. august of 2013 but they are just coming to light and finding out

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about it now. you could have bank accounts out there and you may not even know it. here are examples of what could be happening with your information. you could have a sports account, you could have a flicker account or somebody could be using an old e-mail address of yours. basically these hackers, they are hacking into something like a yahoo. they have a reason and it was to make a lot of money and they were asking about $300,000. >> something else, a shortage of a holiday favorite this year. no way. >> ready whip. >> who wants to make rip cream on their own except a few crazy people. there's a shortage of night truss oxide across the country. that is hurting the production of ready whip. th there will be a shortage. >> you can always get mcdonalds delivered to your door. not that they have ready whip but something better, burgers. >> that's right, guys. mcdonalds is going to once again test delivery. they are going to be using the

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uber eats platform to do it. they are going to test it in 200 restaurants in miami, orlando and in tampa. that will start after the first of the year. you can track your delivery on your uber eats app. it is in different cities right now. if this works, two different cities that have uber eats could get mcdonalds delivered through the app. that's the hope for man nae people. >> how does it let you ring the doorbel doorbell? >> for some reason i thought they already delivered in new york city. maybe that was wishful thinking like pizza hut. >> they are trying to come up with anything they can. >> thank you, cheryl. >> the time is 18 minutes after the top of the hour. border chaos. illegal immigration hitting a staggering record on president obama's watch. the new tricks families are trying to sneak past border patrol agents. it is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. kevin mccarthy is here with his star wars movie rogue one.

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>> wow, look at that. >> good morning to you. >>

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>> one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. >> if the empire has this kind of power, what chance do we have? >> the latest installment of the star wars saga, it will hit

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theaters today so should we go see it? >> how about we ask kevin mccarthy who is wearing a star wars suit to wake us up this morning. >> we love that jacket. >> the kind of movie the word nerds was invented by the way. how awesome it feels, a married man wearing a star wars suit on national television right now. this is awesome. what a day. >> where did you get that? >> i got it online somewhere. >> how is the movie? >> the movie itself is rogue one. if you are not familiar with star wars it takes place between episode 3 and 4. episode 3 was 2005. 4 was 1997. the thyme frame is confusing. a group of rebels who attempt to steal the plans for the death star leads right into the original star wars movie "new

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hope." the phenomenally executed film from an action standpoint. there is a two-minute scene in this movie that the word nerd it completely defines that. i would watch this two minute scene on a loop for $20 and pay 100 to watch it. that's how great the sequence is. the movie itself the first part of the film is great. introduction of the characters is second the middle section i thought was a little bit slow but the ending is exactly what star star wars fans deserve and it delivers in the action department. not for the younger kids. it is a bit violent at times. casting is fantastic. do not see it in 3-d or i-max. i recommend 2d or adobe. 3-d was a little bit dark in the first two parts of the film not worth the extra ticket flights. i gave it a 4 out of 5. just wait until you see this one

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scene in the ending. here's the thing, when i say nerts you are going to be so happy you will feel like crying. >> we are going to talk to you about the golden globe picks. quickly la la land. >> it is expanding into more theaters this weekend. one of the best films of the year. hacksaw ridge. others available on netflix. those are the movies nominated. la la land i gave it a 5 out of 5. >> thank you so much, kevin. >> all right, guys. >> see you later, kevin. >> 25 minutes after the hour. facebook with liberal fact checkers. >> who was behind a stunning hack that brought down our

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cartels, militias, terrorist groups. they all need a place to park their cash and cherna is their dirty little piggy bank. we're going to insert into the country while nobody is looking. we're going to steal their money, sir? no, we are going to destroy it. we're going to finish this mission. anything we find is ours. do you want to trust a bunch of black water marks?

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i mean the rush, i've never felt anything like it. if we stay here we're going to die. then we die. >> it is friday december 16th. fox news alert. officer down. a 30 year veteran and father of three shot in the head. the gunman taken into custody after a tense standoff overnight. the latest straight from that scene. >> the feud growing over russia's election hacking. >> mr. trump knew they were engaging in election hacking. >> josh earnest i don't know if he is talking to obama. >> he is trying to delegitimize

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donald trump. >> president elect donald trump has a lock before heading off on the thank you tour including rocky balboa. >> you have to wait for it. fox & friends first starts right now. >> good morning to you from the streets of new york city, time's square there for you where the lights are always shining bright. a cold one here in manhattan this morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" the beginning of the weekend. i am heather childers. >> i am abby huntsman. we want to get straight to the fox news alert. in the dramatic hour long standoff with a gunman accused of shooting an officer is now over. police say the suspect who is a

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well-known offender barricaded himself in a house firing at officers for several hours. the suspect pointed a gun it at police and started shooting. a 30 year veteran father of three hit in the head. he is listed in serious but stable condition at this hour. >> the 44-year-old suspect is in custody. two others were arrested. >> now to the fox news alert. retaliation against russia for election hacking. president trump demands to know what they knew and what they knew it. >> with the escalating war of words. good morning. >> abby and heather good morning to you. the russian backed hacking began in the summer of 2015. it was backed by the heist levels of the russian government involved in an effort to

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interfere in the election. the obama administration was reluctant to expose the hacking earlier this year after the fbi investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails it was worried about the appearance of government institutions politicizing the election. earlier this week josh earnest accused president elect trump the of not only knowing about russia's hacks but encouraging that. earnest doubled down on his remarks yesterday. >> i can see him as a political pundit. that is disappointing to hear from the white house press secretary. he essentially stated that the president elect had knowledge of this, maybe even wings. >> mr. trump obviously knew russia was engaged in malicious cyber activity that was helping him and hurting secretary

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clinton's campaign. again, these are all facts that are not in dispute. >> last night at a rally in pennsylvania mr. trump joined the back and forth and went after josh earnest personally. >> this foolish guy josh earnest i don't know if he is talking to president obama. having a press secretary is so important. he is so bad the way he delivers a message. he can deliver a positive message and it sounds bad. >> president obama waited as well yesterday and a month after the election vowed the u.s. will respond to russia's efforts to interfere in the election. >> i think there is no doubt i think there is no doubt when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of you are o our elections we need to take action and we will at a time and

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place of our own choosing. some of it may be explicit and publicized, some of it may not be. >> we should point out there are no indications that russia's cyberhacking on the u.s. has decided since the election. there are no indications the u.s. has responded to the efforts. heather and abby? >> this will go on all of this even though president obama accused president elect trump of whining when he said hacking was going on. >> fox news contributor laura ingraham says she is not surprised since josh earnest has one goal here. >> it doesn't surprise me at all josh earnest obama's press secretary speaking for the president would be another agent provocateur trying to just like with the entire russia story, delegitimize the trump victory.

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the trump victory was a repudiation of the failures on our economy, the failures in the national confidence and failure in foreign policy across the board it was repub yags of that. in the rust belt, the midwest, the middle americans who turned out in pennsylvania, with i say which is, ohio, iowa and beyond. they reyekted what hillary was going to do which was going to continue the obama term. >> democrats led by nancy pelosi are pushing for an independent investigation into that hacking case. >> with weeks to go until inauguration day the cabinet is filling up fast. two key spots up for grabs veterans affairs and agriculture secretary. he is busy making small appointments. monica crowley selected adds national security team. freedman named ambassador to israel. shawn spicer mr. trump's senior

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communications advisor is expected to be named white house press secretary. actor sylvester stallone tapped as national endowment for the arts chair. today mr. trump heads to orlando, florida on his safety tour tomorrow. he will rally in alabama. sly stallone. >> now extreme weather. bone chilling temperatures and white out conditions all of the way from oregon to new york. stranding drivers and grounding flights across the midwest. this is a school bus full of children inside there sliding out of control in an oregon neighborhood. >> look out, look out. >> i am sure the kids were scared. but no one was hurt.

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that's the good news. >> janice dean. the ugly sweater is off. >> the only reason it has green on it and i am on a green screen. one of these days we will explore the magic of green subpoena. anything that i wear is green is a map. >> i couldn't wear this dress, that is for sure. >> ugly sweaters are going to come up during fox & friends, so get your ugly on. windchills let's talk about it. it is dangerous across much of the country. northern tears the great lakes. minus teens single digits. you get the picture. we have a couple systems bringing wintery weather and possibility of severe weather across the country. here's the first system pushing across the great lakes. we have possibility of severe winds and even tornadoes

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tomorrow across the south. we have a change over from snow to rain. travel will be tricky. you are getting forewarned. if you are traveling this weekend you have a big problem. it will cause big concerns like ice anding. we can see accumulation of ice for the big cities into the northeast. bottom line is travel will be difficult, it will be very cold today across the eastern half of the country. but wear your ugly sweaters to work today. >> and your coat on top of it. >> u that, janice. >> the time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. just when you thought your secrets were locked away safe in your phone. the new law that could allow police to root through your devic devices. >> you have seen it on tv. >> an umbrella keeps you dry

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>> russian hackers bringing our military to its knees. telling cbs news hackers ceased control of the pentagon. joints chief of staff e-mails last year. they gained access using a single e-mail to the unclassified system. no u.s. intelligence was lost. but personal information of thousands of officers was stolen. u.s. officials believe it was retaliation from sanctions against russia's economy.

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>> frightening report as illegal immigration reaches a record high in november. border patrol agents catching more than 15,000 undocumented immigrants traveling with families. a staggering 7,000 children traveling without their parents. 37,000 from central america illegally crossed the border last mornt. that is a 44 percent increase from last year alone. they are trying to trick their way in by demanding entry at legal ports of edntry. >> turning over your passport could be the new reality after a florida court rules the officers can force you to unlock your phone during the he have have gages. the ruling coming when a man refused to hand over his passport to police after getting caught taking inappropriate pictures. it is a holiday victory after a judge allowed the charlie brown christmas picture to hand over to school. it included a bible verse from the 1960's tv special.

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school officials saying it could offend non christian students. ken packs is suing the district over that poster and ended up winning. it will be put back up with a line calling it the nurse's christmas message. facebook amping up efforts against fake news. the plan using liberal fact checkers. >> cheryl casone here with how republicans are slamming that new plan. good morning. >> they don't like it, guys. good morning. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg has vowed to deal with problem of fake news on the site. critics said fake store he radios influence the election. while they deny that they don't deny it is an issue. facebook is combatting the problem with teaming up with mainstream news organizations to find fake stories. the partners for the financial program are these names, snopes, abc news, factcheck.org,

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politifact and associated press. these organizations are liberal leaning groups and there's a potential conflict here. ben shapiro and the daily wire calls it a disaster. facebook he's plan to crack down on fake news could be a disaster. anonymous conservative blogger says if news sites would put an effort into not being biased there would be little demand for alternative sources of news. this whole thing is just a fraud. that sentiment seems to be universal across the conservative spectrum. more of this to come i am sure. back to you. thanks so much, cheryl. let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." you are going to have pete hegseth on answering veteran's questions. that's a great idea. >> it is righe is right here onh with us. he is one of the top contenders to be veterans affairs

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noon in columbus. the good news, if you haven't started christmas shopping, free shipping day. all orders guaranteed by christmas eve. time now for the good, the bad and the ugly. first, though, the good. an air force dad gets help from santa to surprise his little girl for christmas. santa asking about the perfect gift as her dad waits behind scenes. >> close your eyes and wish real hard that you want your daddy home. open your eyes. >> da da. >> so cute. >> love that story. >> staff sergeant jason walters stationed in south korea but will be home luckily for christmas. how sweet is that. >> potentially the largest heroin bust in the world in afghanistan. 20 tons of drugs worth $60

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million. uber car running a red light before a pedestrian crosses the road. day one of the trail in san francisco. uber blaming the human operator in the car. he is now -- >> who gets ticket? now we know. "fox and friends" starts right now. have a good weekend. >> see ya. you, the american people, will finally be in charge again. we will be a unified country again. the forgotten men and women of our country will not be forgotten anymore. remember that. you sure as hell weren't forgotten on election day, were you? there's a difference between before the election and after the election, right? before the election, you people are like wild beasts. wild animals. we're going to win, we're going to win, mr. trump. we're going to win. they're screaming jail, jail, jail. prison. they're screaming, we want the wall. we want the